Hyderabad, April 3 -- In a big relief to the former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), the High Court has quashed the rail roko case against him relating to the 2011 Telangana movement protest at Secunderabad.

The case originated on August 15, 2011, when a rail roko protest was organized as a part of the independent Telangana agitation.

Police arrested many people during the protest and, on the basis of their testimony, included KCR as the 13th accused in the case. Later, the railway police filed a charge sheet against him in the People's Representatives Court.

KCR's case dismissal plea

Since the case had been lingering for years, KCR made a petition asking that it be dismissed. His counsel opined that he was not pres...